A rotatable-type liquid-cooled heat sink and a disposition method for the same are provided. The liquid-cooled heat sink is disposed in a three-dimensional space and includes a pump, a liquid storage tank, a liquid-cooled head, a cooling module, and a plurality of pipes. The pipes communicatively couple the pump, the liquid storage tank, the liquid-cooled head, and the cooling module. Any of the liquid storage tank, the liquid-cooled head, the cooling module, and the pipes exceeds the pump in any of an X axis, a Y axis, a Z axis of a three-dimensional space.
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1. A rotatable-type liquid-cooled heat sink, comprising: a pump; a liquid storage tank; a liquid-cooled head; a cooling module; and a plurality of pipes communicatively coupling the pump, the liquid storage tank, the liquid-cooled head, and the cooling module, wherein the liquid storage tank, the liquid-cooled head, the cooling module, and the pipes exceed the pump in an X axis, a Y axis, and a Z axis of a three-dimensional space, the liquid storage tank is disposed between the liquid-cooled head and the cooling module so that the liquid-cooled head is disposed to extend toward one end, the cooling module is disposed to extend toward another end, and the pump is disposed outside the liquid storage tank and is between the liquid storage tank and the cooling module, the liquid storage tank and the cooling module exceed respective sides of the pump in the X axis, the liquid-cooled head and the cooling module exceed respective sides of the pump in the Y axis, and the pipes exceed the pump in the Z axis, the pump is disposed between the liquid storage tank and the cooling module and the pump is separated from the cooling module, the pump is communicatively coupled with the cooling module by way of two passages, a first passage of the two passages comprises a first pipe of the plurality of pipes that communicatively couples the pump with the liquid storage tank and a second pipe of the plurality of pipes that communicatively couples the liquid storage tank with the cooling module, and a second passage of the two passages comprises a third pipe of the plurality of pipes that communicatively couples the pump with the liquid-cooled head and a fourth pipe of the plurality of pipes that communicatively couples the liquid-cooled head with the cooling module, and a position of the pump is below a highest position in the liquid-cooled heat sink regardless of an angle by which the liquid-cooled heat sink is rotated such that air is prevented from being accumulated in the pump.
2. The rotatable-type liquid-cooled heat sink of claim 1 , wherein the pump, the liquid storage tank, the liquid-cooled head, and the cooling module are arranged in an L-shape on a plane formed by the X axis and the Y axis.
3. The rotatable-type liquid-cooled heat sink of claim 2 , wherein the liquid storage tank is disposed between the liquid-cooled head and the cooling module, so that the liquid-cooled head is disposed to extend toward one end of the L-shape, and the cooling module is disposed to extend toward the other end of the L-shape.
4. A disposition method for a rotatable-type liquid-cooled heat sink, comprising the following steps: a) providing a pump, a liquid storage tank, a liquid-cooled head, and a cooling module; b) disposing the pump, the liquid storage tank, the liquid-cooled head, and the cooling module in a three-dimensional space, the liquid storage tank, the liquid-cooled head, and the cooling module exceeding the pump in an X axis, a Y axis, and a Z axis of the three-dimensional space; c) using a plurality of pipes to communicatively couple and position the pump, the liquid storage tank, the liquid-cooled head, and the cooling module, wherein in step b), the liquid storage tank is disposed between the liquid-cooled head and the cooling module so that the liquid-cooled head is disposed to extend toward one end, the cooling module is disposed to extend toward another end, the pump is disposed outside the liquid storage tank and is between the liquid storage tank and the cooling module, the liquid storage tank and the cooling module exceed respective sides of the pump in the X axis, and the liquid-cooled head and the cooling module exceed respective sides of the pump in the Y axis, and the pipes exceed the pump in the Z axis, the pump is disposed between the liquid storage tank and the cooling module and the pump is separated from the cooling module, in step c), the pump is communicatively coupled with the cooling module by way of two passages, a first passage of the two passages comprises a first pipe of the plurality of pipes that communicatively couples the pump with the liquid storage tank and a second pipe of the plurality of pipes that communicatively couples the liquid storage tank with the cooling module, and a second passage of the two passages comprises a third pipe of the plurality of pipes that communicatively couples the pump with the liquid-cooled head and a fourth pipe of the plurality of pipes that communicatively couples the liquid-cooled head with the cooling module, and a position of the pump is below a highest position in the liquid-cooled heat sink regardless of an angle by which the liquid-cooled heat sink is rotated such that air is prevented from being accumulated in the pump.
5. The disposition method for the rotatable-type liquid-cooled heat sink of claim 4 , wherein in the step b), the pump, the liquid storage tank, the liquid-cooled head, and the cooling module are arranged in an L-shape on a plane formed by the X axis and the Y axis.
6. The disposition method for the rotatable-type liquid-cooled heat sink of claim 5 , wherein in the step b), the liquid storage tank is disposed between the liquid-cooled head and the cooling module, so that the liquid-cooled head is disposed to extend toward one end of the L-shape and the cooling module is disposed to extend toward the other end of the L-shape.
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